Faculty
Program Director
Klaire Brumbaugh
Education:
- EdD, High Impact Instruction, Fontbonne University, St. Louis, Missouri
- Clinical Doctorate, Speech-Language Pathology, Rocky Mountain University, Provo, Utah
- MS, Communication Sciences and Disorders, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
- BS, Communication Sciences and Disorders, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
Biography:
Klaire's primary research focuses on pediatrics with speech sound disorders. She is currently collaborating with practicing SLPs to measure therapeutic motivation in students with speech sound disorders. In addition to this topic, she engages in applied research practices through single-subject research design to better understand how our current therapeutic practices benefit young children with speech sound disorders.
In addition, she is interested in professional issues such as clinical supervision, ethics, and the scholarship of teaching and learning. Klaire has a number of peer-reviewed publications and frequently presents at state and national conferences.
Louise C. Keegan, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, BC-ANCDS
Associate Dean of the School of Rehabilitation Sciences and Associate Professor
PhD, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Applied Language & Speech Sciences
BSc, University College Cork, Ireland, Speech Language Therapy
Office location: SMRC 205
Office phone: (610) 625.7202
Email: keeganl@moravian.edu
Louise Keegan is an Associate Professor and serves as the Associate Dean of Rehabilitation Sciences at Moravian University.
Dr. Keegan’s primary research focuses on identifying the linguistic skills of individuals with cognitive communication disorders after traumatic brain injury. She employs various linguistic analysis methods to investigate the communication strengths and skills of this population. As a licensed Speech-Language Pathologist, she provides Speech-Language Pathology services to individuals with traumatic brain injury and thus, her research also examines optimal treatment approaches for these cognitive communication difficulties. In addition to clinical research, Dr. Keegan also conducts research in the scholarship of teaching and learning as related to the areas of clinical education, experiential learning and problem-based learning. She has numerous peer-reviewed publications, has received funding from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, and has presented her work at many national and international conferences.
Amanda Blackwell
Dr. Amanda Blackwell is passionate about communication in all forms. She has had the opportunity to learn from a variety of people from diverse cultural backgrounds as she has lived and worked full time as a bilingual (English/Spanish) SLP in Guatemala for the past 11 years. She is currently an adjunct professor of autism and AAC in the graduate SLP programs at Saint Mary's College in Notre Dame, Indiana and at Minot State University in Minot, North Dakota. She supervises doctoral students in speech-language pathology at the MGH Institute of Health Professions in Boston, Massachusetts and at Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions in Provo, Utah. Amanda is currently participating in international research projects about gestalt language development, AAC, and music therapy in autism with colleagues in the US, Spain, Ecuador, Chile, Sri Lanka, and South Africa. She cofounded the official professional association for local Guatemalan speech therapists (www.SomosTLgt.com), which offers many continuing education opportunities for its 70+ members. She currently directs the speech therapy department at the Guatemalan Association of Down Syndrome (Tebow Down Guatemala) in their centers in four different Guatemalan cities. Amanda enjoys traveling frequently to different countries around the world to collaborate with professionals in presentations, conferences, and autism identification.
Natalie Douglas
Natalie F. Douglas an Associate Professor of Communicative Disorders at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and holds the Doris Hawthorne/Louisiana Education Quality Support Fund Professorship IV. As a clinician-scholar, she is firmly committed to closing the research to practice gap. Dr. Douglas actively partners with speech-language pathologists to develop and test interventions that improve communication, life participation, and quality of life for people living with aphasia, traumatic brain injury, and dementia.
Danielle Scott
R. Danielle Scott, Ph.D., CCC-SLP (she/her) is an Associate Clinical Professor at Northeastern University Charlotte in the Communication Sciences & Disorders Program. Dr. Scott is deeply committed to the work of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice, teaching courses such as DEI in SLP, and serving as the Guest Editor for a Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interests Groups (SIG 1) forum, With Liberty and Social Justice for All. Earning her Master of Arts degree in speech-language pathology, and her doctorate in psychology, Dr. Scott’s research pertains to cultivating therapeutic relationships through an orientation to cultural humility and enacting social justice. Dr. Scott has 6 years of experience as an educational SLP in Atlanta, GA and Houston, TX. Her areas of interest include Cultural Responsiveness, Cultural Humility, Mental/Emotional Wellness, Anti-Oppressive Pedagogy and Supervision, and Counseling. Dr. Scott is a board member of the National Black Association for Speech-Language and Hearing (NBASLH), and she co-chairs the Cultural Humility Task Force, facilitating the Cultural Humility Ambassador Program.
Melanie Austin, DOT, MPA, OTR/L, Program Director of PP-OTD
As Program Director of the Post-Professional Occupational Therapy Doctorate program, Dr. Austin is dedicated to fostering innovation and scholarly creativity for clinicians and professionals seeking to make a difference in areas of education, health promotion, leadership, business, and entrepreneurship, at the local, national, and global level. Dr. Austin has been an occupational therapist for over 20 years and has over 10 years of experience teaching in the health professions and occupational therapy. Dr. Austin’s research focuses on addressing well-being, behavioral health and life skills for young adults, students, student-athletes, women, vulnerable, marginalized, and underserved populations. Dr. Austin has collaborated on interprofessional and student-led health promotion research, publications, and funded grants, leading to innovative local and national programs. Dr. Austin’s scholarly work has been featured via several media platforms, including CBSN, American Council on Exercise, The Academic Minute, Working Mother, Science Daily and The St. Louis American. Dr. Austin has utilized her own life experiences to inspire others through her entrepreneurial endeavors; Teens on the Right Track (2001), providing occupational therapy fieldwork student-led wellness and life skills programs for inner city youth, and WellnessTrack, LLC (2007), providing women’s wellness and empowerment life coaching workshops. As a former community and collegiate scholar-athlete, Dr. Austin enjoyed participating in the Penn Relays, Colgate Women’s Games, and as an NCAA Track & Field All American. Dr. Austin enjoys spending time in nature, with family and friends, inspirational crafting, and enjoying good music and great food.
Jennifer Ostrowski, PhD, LAT, ATC, Professor of Athletic Training & Doctor of Athletic Training Program Director
PhD, Michigan State University, Kinesiology & Health Promotion
MS, University of Kentucky, Athletic Training
BS, Salisbury University, Athletic Training
Office location: SMRC 235
Office phone: (610) 625.7203
Email: ostrowskij@moravian.edu
Jennifer Ostrowski is the Director of the Doctor of Athletic Training Program, and a Professor at Moravian University. Dr. Ostrowski's research centers on the psychology of injury, and therapeutic modalities. She has authored a national textbook, titled Psychosocial Strategies for Athletic Training, and nearly 30 peer-reviewed publications, as well as presenting more than 50 platform presentations and 30 poster presentations at professional conferences. Dr. Ostrowski's research on therapeutic modalities has focused on superficial and deep heating modalities, including shortwave diathermy, therapeutic ultrasound, and the ThermoStim probe. She has also examined muscle cooling using salted and wetted ice bags, and comparing ice to cryo-compression modalities. Dr. Ostrowski has been awarded several National, State, and private grants totaling nearly $100,000 to fund her therapeutic modalities research. Her research on psychology of injury has focused on educational interventions and psychosocial technique usage. She has been an invited speaker at several conferences and served as a subject matter expert for the NATA's pilot Self-Assessment Module in mental health. Dr. Ostrowski serves on the NATA Post-Professional Education Committee, the EATA Research Committee, and the BOC Exam Development Committee. She is also a member of the Board of Directors for Haven House, an organization that provides mental health services to residents throughout the Lehigh Valley area of Pennsylvania. Dr. Ostrowski teaches Evidence-Based Therapeutic Modalities, Psychosocial Issues in Athletic Training, Answering Clinical Questions, and the two-part Quantitative Methods & Research Design and Practice-Based Evidence courses in the DAT curriculum.
Ann Marie Potter, PhD, OTR/L, Associate Professor
PhD, Virginia Commonwealth University, Health Related Sciences-Occupational Therapy
MA, University of Southern California, Occupational Therapy
BA, Luther College, Psychology
Office location: SMRC 278
Office phone: (610) 625.7205
Email: pottera@moravian.edu
Dr. Potter serves as the program director of the Master of Science in Occupational Therapy (MSOT) program. She has over twenty years of experience teaching in undergraduate and graduate occupational therapy programs at Elizabethtown College and Florida International University (FIU). She also served as Academic Fieldwork Coordinator at FIU. She has mentored over 70 students in research that has been presented at the Pennsylvania Occupational Therapy Association and American Occupational Therapy Association Annual Conferences. Dr. Potter’s research explores the impact of cancer on cognition and occupational performance. This work has been presented at the European Society of Oncology Breast Cancer in Young Women International Conference. She has worked in the following clinical settings: inpatient spinal cord injury, outpatient, home health, skilled nursing and acute care.
Dr. Potter serves as a Legacy Advocate with the Young Survival Coalition and a consumer advocate representative on grant review panels for the Department of Defense Congressionally Directed Breast Cancer Research Program. She is a conference proposal reviewer for the American Occupational Therapy Association, an article reviewer for the Australian Journal of Occupational Therapy, and textbook reviewer for FA Davis and Jones and Bartlett.